Cash for Kids is one local charity working hard to raise awareness of the North East’s unenviable record in the child poverty stakes and deliver a better life and future for all children in the North East.

DFDS is on board to help NE1 make the first Geordie Jackpot draw one to remember by providing a bonus prize of a once in a lifetime 3-night break to Amsterdam for one lucky winner. NE1 launched the Geordie Jackpot to great acclaim in early September. It has already won the backing of many North East celebrities as well as local businesses and people keen to play their part helping to improve Newcastle.

Newcastle NE1 Limited, the city’s Business Improvement District, is bringing together businesses and the people of Newcastle to welcome international students from 152 countries, as they arrive to study this September.

NE1 Ltd, the company behind Alive after Five, Quayside Seaside, Screen on the Green and many more city-wide events including NE1 Newcastle Motor Show and Restaurant Week has come up with another fabulous and innovative way to make Newcastle even greater.